COVID-19 Daily Update 8-18-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

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August 20, 2020

The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., on August 18, 2020, there have been 365,551 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 8,731 total cases and 164 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 90-yearold male from Logan County, an 80-year old male from Raleigh County, a 74-yearold male from Raleigh County, and an 86-year old male from Kanawha County. Wemourn the heartbreaking loss of these West Virginians and send our deepestsympathies to their loved ones, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (745), Boone(123), Braxton (8), Brooke (79), Cabell (466), Calhoun (7), Clay (18),Doddridge (6), Fayette (175), Gilmer (18), Grant (131), Greenbrier (96),Hampshire (90), Hancock (113), Hardy (64), Harrison (245), Jackson (169),Jefferson (310), Kanawha (1,113), Lewis (28), Lincoln (110), Logan (374),Marion (202), Marshall (130), Mason (75), McDowell (66), Mercer (244), Mineral(129), Mingo (204), Monongalia (1,001), Monroe (20), Morgan (33), Nicholas(40), Ohio (285), Pendleton (43), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston(131), Putnam (227), Raleigh (306), Randolph (217), Ritchie (3), Roane (20),Summers (19), Taylor (84), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (220),Webster (6), Wetzel (44), Wirt (7), Wood (285), Wyoming (47).

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the localhealth department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain countymay not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual inquestion may have crossed the state border to be tested.Such is the case of Hancock,McDowell, Wayne, and Wyoming counties inthis report.

Thedashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov has been updated to include theschool alert system, a 7-day trend and a cumulative summary among many otherfeatures.

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